Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-12-07
HUBBARD.
Dress Tricots, entirely new
and cheap, at Youmans'.


of j. X. Young, next door to the post
office. 81
p A car load Of Glidden barb wire just
received at bottom prices at Noble &
Nixon'G 27-2
Miss Write Caruthers returned Sun.
day from visit of two months in
Kansas City.
Is. K. Harrington has the best and
most complete line Of dried fruit OF any
store in town. %
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Howe at 3 o'clock Thursday, Dec. Sth.
All are cordially invited. Mrs. Nelson,
Secretary.
The best beef to he had in town is a
tie Central meat market, opposite Ist
National bank.
Get your winter goods now, when
they ar, cheap, in fact at cost and car
rag" at Byerley's. -
Ms. Chas. II. Moore, Of Caldwell,
was here last week visiting the family
Of J.. A. Simmons.
Ten wagon loads of toys and holiday
goods at the pOstofiice must be sold
now. McClearey X Co. -
Try the Avenue house for square
meal and good bed. Everything fresh
and clean. W. II. Collins is now the
proprietor. ~
J. III. Brown has been duly qualified
as constable Of Cedar township and now
woe he unto all who trespass on the
diguI,. W the state, county or township
Fen I. Cooper will start to Kansas
City next week with lot Of cattle for
market. From there.he will go to his
old home at Dee MOines, Iowa, and
spend the winter.
Mr.. Holbert Cole, a SOC Of Z. b. Cole,
Of this county, was married LAST Sunday
To Miss Minnie Z. Hilderbrand, lately
Of Missouri, a cousin of Mrs Il. J.
Taliaferro, At the latter's residence, east
OF town, Judge Hardy performing the
ceremony.
Mrs. May Kies, wife Of ID. E. Kies,
formerly of this city, died at the home
of her sister at IIillsdale, Michigan, at
o'clock on Saturday November 18th,
of consumption. The lady had many
warm friends in this city who deplOre
her death.
What has become of the Medicine
Lodge board Of trade? 1t should have
a meeting early in the new year and
prepare for the work of 1888. Last
year this board did some good work for
the town, the result of which will he
appreciated hereafter.
At his Office, last Monday, Judge
Hardy performed the marriage cere-
mony for Conrad Boyer and Miss Bar
bara Roth, both Of this county. They
are recent arrivals from the old coun-
try. S. X. w. Field acted as the
grOOm's best man while reporter of
the INDEX gave the bride away.
Last Saturday night. when G. W.
Pease, who lives three miles west of
here was coming to town, the mule he
was riding became unruly and ran into
wire fence, cutting the riders leg
severely. lie came on to town and
secured the services of DIR. Bupey who
| dressed the wounds and sent the sufferer
home.
Sun Gay Union: IAN effort to find
coal in this section goes on night and
! day. Not less than half dozen shafts
are beingputdown in this vicinity and
/ all parties in the work seem sanguine
OF success. IL is To be hoped that their
| predictions may be verified. At this
| place tire operators at first made slow
progress through an exceedingly hard
rctE ~ over thirty feet thickness. Since
u en- they have had less trouble, and are
hopefnl of striking ile'' at no distant
day"
Yesterday jury i'm Justice McCand-
| less court Wrcstied ~ith 2 case in which
VI. Il Hitchcock; sued \. u. Jameson
aud y. Z. Del.isle for commission foI
I fading a purchaser for hotel at APP
rleton City, Mo-, owned by the defend
ants. aud WO1iL $500. The Messrs
Craudall, of this county, traded their
land for the hotel and Mr.. Hitchcock
claimed that rs he introduced them TO
. Jau.gsVu ~ DeI.isle, that he was EMIT
lei L. ;he eDH!miSSion. The Jury allow
eel him $40. :. s.. overstreet appear
ej for the piaintiff and y ble A. Edwards
for defendants.
The rlght-of-way commissioners APP
pointed 10 fix the damages on the line
o railroad through Mingona and Lake
City townships, cOmplstAd their work
last week and filed their report. The
railroad company deposited with the
county treasurer the amount OF DANA
ges allowed and the land owners may
now accept the same or appeal from the
decision of the cOmmiSsiopers. There
Is some dissatisfaction and several ap-
peals will be taken. The time has ex-
pired in which the company can earn
the aid voted by Lake City township
and there seems no probability OF the
railroad being extended west from here
before next year.
Mr.. Denton, his son Robbie, and Mr..
Ambrose Lawrence returned, Monday
evening. frosa their hunt in the terri
tory, after All absence OF thirteen days.
One horse gave out, and they left
Raymond EPpley with 1t in the terri
tory. They killed two deer and eight
prairie chickens. One day somebody
went to their esElp end stole a pistol
and four pounds OF pOwdaE. Their grub
gave out about . week after they left,
and part of the time they boiled corn
and ate it. One horse strayed away,
and the two bOys rode the other of to
look for the stray. Night came on, but
| the bows had not returned. A lantarn